David Zaslav attends NRDC's
David Zaslav attends NRDC's "Night Of Comedy" in 2022, in New York City.
  • Warner Bros. Discovery's CEO said he thinks a "love for working" will end the writers' strike.
  • David Zaslav also said the 10,000 striking writers deserved to be paid fairly.
  • Zaslav was criticized by a striking writer on CNN last week for his near-$250 million comp packet.

The CEO of media giant Warner Bros. Discovery says he thinks the widespread writers' strike will be ended by writers' "love of storytelling and lover for working." 

Speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box Friday, David Zaslav was asked what, apart from time, would bring writers back